Poems and Prayers and Promises

I've been lately thinking  About my life's time
  
All the things I've done  And how it's been

And I can't help believing  In my own mind

I know I'm gonna hate to see it end

I've seen a lot of sunshine  Slept out in the rain

Spent a night or two all on my own I've known my lady's pleasures

Had myself some friends  And spent a time or two in my own home

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And I have to say it now  It's been a good life all in all

It's really fine To have a chance to hang around

And lie there by the fire, And watch the evening  

While all my friends and my old lady Sit and pass the pipe around

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And talk of poems and prayers and promises

And things that we believe in,

How sweet it is to love someone, How right it is to care

How long it's been since yesterday,

And what about tomorrow, And what about our dreams,

And all the memories we share


The days they pass so quickly now,  Nights are seldom long

And time around me whispers when it's cold

The changes somehow frighten me, Still I have to smile

It turns me on to think of growing old

For though my life's been good to me, There's still so much to do

So many things my mind has never known

I'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away

And dance across the mountains on the moon  *